Organized an illegal gambling business via the internet: seven members of a criminal group received suspicion notices in the Lviv region

 An organized criminal group has been exposed in the Lviv region, whose members illegally organized and conducted gambling operations without the required license for nearly two years. The group consisted of three organizers—two residents of the Lviv region and one resident of Kyiv—as well as four accomplices who ensured the scheme's operation.

The investigation established that the suspects set up operations providing paid gambling services via the internet, acting in violation of legal requirements. To execute the scheme, the organizers assigned roles to the group members and recruited accomplices who were fully aware of the illegality of these activities.

The illegal gambling business operated from February 2023 to November 2024. The group members systematically generated profits from organizing and conducting games of chance without the legally required license.

The ring's activities were uncovered by detectives from the Territorial Office of the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine in the Lviv region. Following the pre-trial investigation, seven members of the organized criminal group were notified of suspicion under Part 3 of Article 28 and Part 2 of Article 203-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

The pre-trial investigation is ongoing. Legal proceedings are overseen by prosecutors from the Lviv Regional Prosecutor's Office, with operational support provided by the Strategic Investigations Department (SID) in Lviv Oblast of the National Police of Ukraine.